I really like the software.
But id really love a feature where you can give weight to a hand/range (flopzilla has that feature)

I know you can select suits so give it 50% that way, but it messes things up postflop..

Ooooh but it does

There's a full preflop weighting system which carries through to postflop. Click "preflop weighting mode."

You can also weight a group postflop. Right click on a group color button and select "set weighting."

These two systems work in tandem.

Awesome! ty

In what programming language is Combonator writen ?

I agree that Combonator is a great program

I've had it for a long time, and I own most of the software tools out there (Flopzilla, PokerRanger, CREV). It's a very user-friendly/intuitive program, and it offers a ton of detailed information that's great for examining ranges and frequencies.

I would recommend it highly to anyone looking for an easy-to-use software to study poker. It offers more control and refinement than Flopzilla (which is another awesome program I recommend).

And for those asking about support, I just PM'd Hood yesterday asking a support question, and he got back to me today, and he's always been kind and prompt with his time.

Thanks for the kind words

dissection, it's written in python, lots optimized through cython

Hello, I have a problem to register by using my license key. It happened after last win update. This is what error log says, if it helps:

Error opening settings file: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'C:\\Users\\Sipak\\AppData\\Local\\Combonator\\se ttings.dat'. Assuming first run.
IO error loading savefile : [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'C:\\Users\\Sipak\\AppData\\Local\\Combonator\\hi story\\last.combo'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "gui\rangeslist.pyo", line 272, in OnTreeRightClick
File "gui\rangeslist.pyo", line 341, in _item_is_folder
File "wx\_controls.pyo", line 5377, in ItemHasChildren
wx._core.PyAssertionError: C++ assertion "item.IsOk()" failed at ..\..\src\msw\treectrl.cpp(1270) in wxTreeCtrl::ItemHasChildren(): invalid tree item
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "gui\rangeslist.pyo", line 272, in OnTreeRightClick
File "gui\rangeslist.pyo", line 341, in _item_is_folder
File "wx\_controls.pyo", line 5377, in ItemHasChildren
wx._core.PyAssertionError: C++ assertion "item.IsOk()" failed at ..\..\src\msw\treectrl.cpp(1270) in wxTreeCtrl::ItemHasChildren(): invalid tree item
Failed to load license file: License invalid
Failed to load license file: License invalid
Failed to load license file: License invalid
Failed to load license file: License invalid
Failed to load license file: License invalid
Failed to load license file: License invalid
Failed to load license file: License invalid
Failed to load license file: License invalid

Thank you for a help.

Hi sipak. That's a weird one. I would suggest going into C:\Users\Sipak\AppData\Local\Combonator and deleting all the files there (if you have custom ranges and rankings, you can back up these folders first). Then uninstalling, reinstalling and entering in your registration key again.

Hi I was wondering if there is a way to ascertain the percentage rank of a hand within an already predefined range, both preflop and postflop. As an example...

We raise UTG with KJs: out of our utg raising range, where does KJs fall (% wise)? I know its towards the bottom but is this quantifiable in combonator?

And then for preflop. Lets say We raise on the button with KJs, and now the flop comes down K-J-4. Where does this hand fall in absolute value strength within our range on this flop (in this case it would be close to the top) but what %?

You can kind of do the reverse of this I think in postflop mode when selecting a group and under rang % you can select the top 10% of the range, and KJ would show up in there. But is there a way to select KJ now and ask what percentile it is on that board?

Thanks alot for your help and for such a wonderful program

There's no quick way of seeing how far through a range the hand lies. What you can do though is use the "Range %" selection tool, and add say the top 5% of your range and see what combos that selects. Then increase this until it includes your combo.

So here, you see that at 6%, the first KJs combo is included in the range.



You could also put in a dummy opponent hand like pocket 2s in the 'hero cards' field, then use ranking by showdown equity.

There's no way to do this preflop other than ticket up the range 'slider' until your hand is included.

Hi!

Would like to know if we are able to manually paste a range like " TT+ AK+" now?

The free version does not seem to allow that.

Is there any chance of making capable of doing range v range rather than just range v hero cards?

Yes, this can be done in the 'preflop' tab on the registered version.

Combonator is really in 'maintenance mode' so there are no plans for significant updates like this, unfortunately.

Hi, I love your product by the way, been using it for over a year. However I believe a feature should be added as I've been longing for it for a while; postflop weighting, the visualization of it(I know that weighting itself is available). For instance, if I'd want to play aces as raise 50% of the time and as a call 50% of the time it should be displayed as the picture I provided below, it's a more clear visulization and if you add multiple hands with different weighting it just makes life easier, also it's beautiful to look at. Pretty please add this feature <3

The software looks good, but I can't find the setup of hand rankings..E.g. when I set 3% in range selection it shows TT+, AKs..which is actually ~2.5% of hands in HU all-in equity ranking..However, I am using Sklansky-Karlson ranking and would really like to be able to set it up in Combonator!

You're right, if you type in '3%' it selects TT+ AKs, which is actually 2.6% (rounds up to 3), which is slightly strange behavior. If you use the up/down buttons you'll increment to 3%, 3.3% etc, or use the slider.

Click the button on the left to change the rankings used. There are four available by default - one of them is Sklansky-Chubukov, which is the same as Sklansky-Karlson:




You can also easily create your own. Click the 'organize' button and a folder opens where there are different text files. These define the hand rankings. Create your own file with all the hand combos ordered as you want, and the system will make it an option.

Something strange happens with calculations in combonator..5% for slansky-karlson gives me this:
TT+, AQs+, AQo+
It's ~4.6% of hands, not 5%. close to 5% is
TT+, AJs+, AQo+

Anyways, I purchased the license..It so weird that you guys are processing orders manually in 2018..Hope to receive the license key soon..

Yes, as noted above, if you type into that box it takes the lower bound to interpolate a manual 5% entry. So it chooses the {TT+, AQs+, AQo+} (62 combos, 4.67%, which rounds to 5) rather than the next step up {99+, AQs+, AQo+} (68 combos, 5.13%, which also rounds to 5).

I can understand why you might expect the 'closer' of the two, but I'd argue there's no perfectly right answer in this case, as there is no "5%" exact. It is designed to to take the lowest selection that rounds to the given figure, so at least it is consistent/predictable in the behavior.



As I say, i think most common user behavior is to use the slider or up/down 'rocker' button than manual text entry.


Necessary for fraud prevention, unfortunately. Registration processed, thanks!

For the eight post-flop groups, could you provide a method to change the color that is used for each group? This would be a nice feature in general, and it would be especially helpful to users who are color blind like I am. It could be an in-application editing function, or just a text file that we edit to change the colors.

Just bought a new PC and wanted to license up Combonator on this baby. i have a copy of the program licensed on an older laptop. I tried the license number, and it says I have exceeded my usage limit. Do I need to buy another license to cover my laptop and desktop? In any case, I either need the license reset so I can use this on my new machine, and if necessary, disabling it on my old laptop. There is a possibility that this was done once before.

How do I request this help?

If you haven't already, just contact support (combonator@pokerfuse.com) via email from the email address you used when purchasing combonator, and/or with your license key or original registration email, and i'll reset the license for you.